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  <div class="section" id="module-Cookie">
<h1>21.22. <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> &#8212; HTTP state management<a class="headerlink" href="#module-Cookie" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">The <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> module has been renamed to <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.cookies</span></tt> in Python
3.0.  The <a class="reference external" href="../glossary.html#term-to3"><em class="xref">2to3</em></a> tool will automatically adapt imports when converting
your sources to 3.0.</p>
</div>
<p>The <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> module defines classes for abstracting the concept of
cookies, an HTTP state management mechanism. It supports both simple string-only
cookies, and provides an abstraction for having any serializable data-type as
cookie value.</p>
<p>The module formerly strictly applied the parsing rules described in the
<span class="target" id="index-231"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109.html"><strong>RFC 2109</strong></a> and <span class="target" id="index-232"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068.html"><strong>RFC 2068</strong></a> specifications.  It has since been discovered that
MSIE 3.0x doesn&#8217;t follow the character rules outlined in those specs.  As a
result, the parsing rules used are a bit less strict.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">On encountering an invalid cookie, <a title="Cookie.CookieError" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.CookieError"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">CookieError</span></tt></a> is raised, so if your
cookie data comes from a browser you should always prepare for invalid data
and catch <a title="Cookie.CookieError" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.CookieError"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">CookieError</span></tt></a> on parsing.</p>
</div>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="Cookie.CookieError">
<em class="property">
exception </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">CookieError</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.CookieError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Exception failing because of <span class="target" id="index-233"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109.html"><strong>RFC 2109</strong></a> invalidity: incorrect attributes,
incorrect <em>Set-Cookie</em> header, etc.</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie">
<em class="property">
class </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">BaseCookie</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>input</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This class is a dictionary-like object whose keys are strings and whose values
are <a title="Cookie.Morsel" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Morsel</span></tt></a> instances. Note that upon setting a key to a value, the
value is first converted to a <a title="Cookie.Morsel" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Morsel</span></tt></a> containing the key and the value.</p>
<p>If <em>input</em> is given, it is passed to the <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie.load" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.load"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">load()</span></tt></a> method.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="Cookie.SimpleCookie">
<em class="property">
class </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">SimpleCookie</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>input</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.SimpleCookie" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>This class derives from <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseCookie</span></tt></a> and overrides <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_decode()</span></tt>
and <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_encode()</span></tt> to be the identity and <a title="str" class="reference external" href="functions.html#str"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">str()</span></tt></a> respectively.</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="Cookie.SerialCookie">
<em class="property">
class </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">SerialCookie</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>input</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.SerialCookie" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This class derives from <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseCookie</span></tt></a> and overrides <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_decode()</span></tt>
and <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_encode()</span></tt> to be the <a title="pickle.loads" class="reference external" href="pickle.html#pickle.loads"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle.loads()</span></tt></a> and
<a title="pickle.dumps" class="reference external" href="pickle.html#pickle.dumps"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle.dumps()</span></tt></a>.</p>
<p>
<span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 2.3: </span>Reading pickled values from untrusted cookie data is a huge security hole, as
pickle strings can be crafted to cause arbitrary code to execute on your server.
It is supported for backwards compatibility only, and may eventually go away.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="Cookie.SmartCookie">
<em class="property">
class </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">SmartCookie</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>input</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.SmartCookie" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This class derives from <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseCookie</span></tt></a>. It overrides <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_decode()</span></tt>
to be <a title="pickle.loads" class="reference external" href="pickle.html#pickle.loads"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle.loads()</span></tt></a> if it is a valid pickle, and otherwise the value
itself. It overrides <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_encode()</span></tt> to be <a title="pickle.dumps" class="reference external" href="pickle.html#pickle.dumps"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle.dumps()</span></tt></a> unless it
is a string, in which case it returns the value itself.</p>
<p>
<span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 2.3: </span>The same security warning from <a title="Cookie.SerialCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.SerialCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SerialCookie</span></tt></a> applies here.</p>
</dd></dl>

<p>A further security note is warranted.  For backwards compatibility, the
<tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> module exports a class named <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> which is just an
alias for <a title="Cookie.SmartCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.SmartCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SmartCookie</span></tt></a>.  This is probably a mistake and will likely be
removed in a future version.  You should not use the <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> class in
your applications, for the same reason why you should not use the
<a title="Cookie.SerialCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.SerialCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SerialCookie</span></tt></a> class.</p>
<div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt>Module <a title="Classes for automatic handling of HTTP cookies." class="reference external" href="cookielib.html#module-cookielib"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">cookielib</span></tt></a></dt>
<dd>HTTP cookie handling for web <em>clients</em>.  The <a title="Classes for automatic handling of HTTP cookies." class="reference external" href="cookielib.html#module-cookielib"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">cookielib</span></tt></a> and <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt>
modules do not depend on each other.</dd>
<dt><span class="target" id="index-234"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109.html"><strong>RFC 2109</strong></a> - HTTP State Management Mechanism</dt>
<dd>This is the state management specification implemented by this module.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cookie-objects">
<span id="id1"></span><h2>21.22.1. Cookie Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#cookie-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie.value_decode">
<tt class="descclassname">BaseCookie.</tt><tt class="descname">value_decode</tt><big>(</big><em>val</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.value_decode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a decoded value from a string representation. Return value can be any
type. This method does nothing in <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseCookie</span></tt></a> &#8212; it exists so it can be
overridden.</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie.value_encode">
<tt class="descclassname">BaseCookie.</tt><tt class="descname">value_encode</tt><big>(</big><em>val</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.value_encode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return an encoded value. <em>val</em> can be any type, but return value must be a
string. This method does nothing in <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseCookie</span></tt></a> &#8212; it exists so it can
be overridden</p>
<p>In general, it should be the case that <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie.value_encode" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.value_encode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_encode()</span></tt></a> and
<a title="Cookie.BaseCookie.value_decode" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.value_decode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_decode()</span></tt></a> are inverses on the range of <em>value_decode</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie.output">
<tt class="descclassname">BaseCookie.</tt><tt class="descname">output</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>attrs</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>header</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>sep</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.output" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a string representation suitable to be sent as HTTP headers. <em>attrs</em> and
<em>header</em> are sent to each <a title="Cookie.Morsel" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Morsel</span></tt></a>&#8216;s <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie.output" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.output"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">output()</span></tt></a> method. <em>sep</em> is used
to join the headers together, and is by default the combination <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'\r\n'</span></tt>
(CRLF).</p>
<p>
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>The default separator has been changed from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'\n'</span></tt> to match the cookie
specification.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie.js_output">
<tt class="descclassname">BaseCookie.</tt><tt class="descname">js_output</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>attrs</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.js_output" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return an embeddable JavaScript snippet, which, if run on a browser which
supports JavaScript, will act the same as if the HTTP headers was sent.</p>
<p>The meaning for <em>attrs</em> is the same as in <a title="Cookie.BaseCookie.output" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.output"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">output()</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.BaseCookie.load">
<tt class="descclassname">BaseCookie.</tt><tt class="descname">load</tt><big>(</big><em>rawdata</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.BaseCookie.load" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>If <em>rawdata</em> is a string, parse it as an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">HTTP_COOKIE</span></tt> and add the values
found there as <a title="Cookie.Morsel" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Morsel</span></tt></a>s. If it is a dictionary, it is equivalent to:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">k</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">v</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">rawdata</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="n">cookie</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">v</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="morsel-objects">
<span id="id2"></span><h2>21.22.2. Morsel Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#morsel-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel">
<em class="property">
class </em><tt class="descclassname">Cookie.</tt><tt class="descname">Morsel</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Abstract a key/value pair, which has some <span class="target" id="index-235"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109.html"><strong>RFC 2109</strong></a> attributes.</p>
<p>Morsels are dictionary-like objects, whose set of keys is constant &#8212; the valid
<span class="target" id="index-236"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109.html"><strong>RFC 2109</strong></a> attributes, which are</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">expires</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">path</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">comment</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">domain</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">max-age</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">secure</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">version</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">httponly</span></tt></li>
</ul>
<p>The attribute <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">httponly</span></tt> specifies that the cookie is only transfered
in HTTP requests, and is not accessible through JavaScript. This is intended
to mitigate some forms of cross-site scripting.</p>
<p>The keys are case-insensitive.</p>
<p>
<span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.6: </span>The <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">httponly</span></tt> attribute was added.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.value">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">value</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.value" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The value of the cookie.</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.coded_value">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">coded_value</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.coded_value" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The encoded value of the cookie &#8212; this is what should be sent.</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.key">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">key</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.key" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The name of the cookie.</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.set">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">set</tt><big>(</big><em>key</em>, <em>value</em>, <em>coded_value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set the <em>key</em>, <em>value</em> and <em>coded_value</em> members.</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.isReservedKey">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">isReservedKey</tt><big>(</big><em>K</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.isReservedKey" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Whether <em>K</em> is a member of the set of keys of a <a title="Cookie.Morsel" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Morsel</span></tt></a>.</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.output">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">output</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>attrs</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>header</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.output" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a string representation of the Morsel, suitable to be sent as an HTTP
header. By default, all the attributes are included, unless <em>attrs</em> is given, in
which case it should be a list of attributes to use. <em>header</em> is by default
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&quot;Set-Cookie:&quot;</span></tt>.</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.js_output">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">js_output</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>attrs</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.js_output" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return an embeddable JavaScript snippet, which, if run on a browser which
supports JavaScript, will act the same as if the HTTP header was sent.</p>
<p>The meaning for <em>attrs</em> is the same as in <a title="Cookie.Morsel.output" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel.output"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">output()</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="Cookie.Morsel.OutputString">
<tt class="descclassname">Morsel.</tt><tt class="descname">OutputString</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>attrs</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#Cookie.Morsel.OutputString" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a string representing the Morsel, without any surrounding HTTP or
JavaScript.</p>
<p>The meaning for <em>attrs</em> is the same as in <a title="Cookie.Morsel.output" class="reference internal" href="#Cookie.Morsel.output"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">output()</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="example">
<span id="cookie-example"></span><h2>21.22.3. Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The following example demonstrates how to use the <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cookie</span></tt> module.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">Cookie</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SimpleCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SerialCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;fig&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;newton&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;sugar&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;wafer&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span> <span class="c"># generate HTTP headers</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: fig=newton</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: sugar=wafer</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c"># same thing</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: fig=newton</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: sugar=wafer</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;rocky&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;road&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;rocky&quot;</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s">&quot;path&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;/cookie&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">header</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&quot;Cookie:&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Cookie: rocky=road; Path=/cookie</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">attrs</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[],</span> <span class="n">header</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&quot;Cookie:&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Cookie: rocky=road</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;chips=ahoy; vienna=finger&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c"># load from a string (HTTP header)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: chips=ahoy</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: vienna=finger</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;keebler=&quot;E=everybody; L=</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s">&quot;Loves</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s">&quot;; fudge=</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s">012;&quot;;&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: keebler=&quot;E=everybody; L=\&quot;Loves\&quot;; fudge=\012;&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;oreo&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;doublestuff&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;oreo&quot;</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s">&quot;path&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;/&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: oreo=doublestuff; Path=/</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;twix&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;none for you&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;twix&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">&#39;none for you&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SimpleCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">7</span> <span class="c"># equivalent to C[&quot;number&quot;] = str(7)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;seven&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">&#39;7&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">&#39;seven&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: number=7</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: string=seven</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SerialCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">7</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;seven&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">7</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">&#39;seven&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: number=&quot;I7\012.&quot;</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: string=&quot;S&#39;seven&#39;\012p1\012.&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cookie</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SmartCookie</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">7</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;seven&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;number&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">7</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;string&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span>
<span class="go">&#39;seven&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">C</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: number=&quot;I7\012.&quot;</span>
<span class="go">Set-Cookie: string=seven</span>
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